Eudora Thwarts the Beach Crabs

While my family was on vacation at Folly Beach in South Carolina, I had the chance to spend quite a bit of time with my nieces and nephews–always a joy. Eudora, the fourth of five, was thrilled to discover that each night crabs created lovely holes for her to fill with sand.

I followed her around from hole to hole, and eventually discovered that, given a little time, the crabs would kick the sand back out of their holes again. Eudora didn’t know, I’m sure, that she had a never-ending stream of work ahead of her.

My favorite little tidbit about this shot is the contrast of her braided hair amidst all the sand; such a lovely texture to devour with your eyes.